Anyone we come in contact with, we either offer them life, or we drain them.
Quia amasti me, fecisti me amabilem. (In loving me, you made me lovable.)
Jesus comes for sinners, for those outcast...and those caught up in squalid choices and failed dreams.
We miss Jesus' point entirely when we use His words as weapons against others.
When absolute control and rigid obedience pose as love within the family and the local faith-community , we produce trained cowards rather than Christian persons.
The way you are with others every day, regardless of their status, is the true test of faith.